Alert Top Story COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL | IOWA STATE 3 burning questions for Iowa State men’s basketball entering the offseason ben.hutchens Mar 31, 2026 Mar 31, 2026 Updated Jul 3, 2026 0 × Iowa State coach TJ Otzelberger previews Tennessee, gives Joshua Jefferson injury update | March 25 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save AMES — It’s officially offseason for Iowa State basketball, which can be just as important as the regular season. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2?m%96 >6?’D 32D<6E32== EC2?D76C A@CE2= :D @A6? pAC:= f\pAC:= a`] $@ 72C[ ?@ rJ4=@?6D 92G6 564=2C65 :?E6?E:@?D E@ 6?E6C E96 A@CE2= 2?5 7@FC <6J A=2J6CDi uC6D9>6? z:==J2? %@FC6[ s@>:?J<2D !=6E2[ y2>2C:@? q2E6>@? 2?5 ;F?:@C q=2<6 qF492?2? D2:5 E96J :?E6?5 E@ C6EFC? 7@C ?6IE D62D@?]k^DA2?mk^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2?mpD E96 @77D62D@? DE2CED[ 96C6 2C6 E9C66 3FC?:?8 BF6DE:@?D 724:?8 E96 rJ4=@?6 32D<6E32== E62>ik^DA2?mk^Am k9a 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2?m(:== |:=2? |@>4:=@G:4 C6EFC? 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Follow him on X or send him an email at Ben.Hutchens@lee.net. 0 Comments ben.hutchens Author email Follow ben.hutchens Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Related to this story Iowa State coach TJ Otzelberger previews Tennessee, gives Joshua Jefferson injury update | March 25 Iowa State coach TJ Otzelberger previews Tennessee, gives Joshua Jefferson injury update | March 25 Starter Kenzie Hare is ninth Iowa State Cyclone to enter transfer portal Since Iowa State's season ended with a first-round NCAA Tournament exit, nine Cyclones have declared their intentions to enter the transfer portal. Nate Heise shares pro basketball plans after Iowa State, UNI The Iowa State senior guard just finished two grueling years in Iowa State's basketball program. He wants to take some well-deserved time off. What Iowa State's Milan Momcilovic said about future after Tennessee game Retaining Milan Momcilovic would be huge for Iowa State. He was one of two players to start and play in all 37 games this season. CyHawk Talk: Offseason priorities for Hawkeyes, Cyclones and WBB transfers Iowa and Iowa State beat reporters Ethan Petrik and Ben Hutchens discuss offseason priorities for the men's teams and what to make of the tran… What losing "defensive coordinators" Kyle Green, JR Blount means for Iowa State Kyle Green was critical in developing ISU’s ball-pressure defense along with JR Blount, who just accepted a head coaching job at San Diego. 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Starter Kenzie Hare is ninth Iowa State Cyclone to enter transfer portal Since Iowa State's season ended with a first-round NCAA Tournament exit, nine Cyclones have declared their intentions to enter the transfer portal.
Nate Heise shares pro basketball plans after Iowa State, UNI The Iowa State senior guard just finished two grueling years in Iowa State's basketball program. He wants to take some well-deserved time off.
What Iowa State's Milan Momcilovic said about future after Tennessee game Retaining Milan Momcilovic would be huge for Iowa State. He was one of two players to start and play in all 37 games this season.
CyHawk Talk: Offseason priorities for Hawkeyes, Cyclones and WBB transfers Iowa and Iowa State beat reporters Ethan Petrik and Ben Hutchens discuss offseason priorities for the men's teams and what to make of the tran…
What losing "defensive coordinators" Kyle Green, JR Blount means for Iowa State Kyle Green was critical in developing ISU’s ball-pressure defense along with JR Blount, who just accepted a head coaching job at San Diego.
